Florida man tells cops he's victim of 'Voodoo curse'

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Adrienne Cutway, Orlando Sentinel

A Florida man who believes someone placed a Voodoo curse on him a year ago recently reported the alleged magical misdoings to the police, even though he says he's experienced no consequences from the hex, according to an incident report.

The unidentified Fort Pierce man filed an incident report last month with local authorities, telling them that members of the Haitian community had become jealous of him and decided to place a curse meant to gather his personal information.

The man told police he wanted to file the incident report as a precautionary measure, just in case something does happen to him.

But since this is Florida we're talking about, this type of thing isn't all that uncommon.

Voodoo, also known as Vodou or Vodun, is faith of West African origins that scholars think came to Haiti with enslaved Africans in the 18th century. A Vodou ceremony is thought to have been part of the inspiration for the rebellion that led to Haiti's independence in 1804. The faith has grown in Florida as the state's Haitian population has increased.

Those who think they may have been cursed are welcome to call authorities, but other than take down a report there really isn't much that can be done, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

Those types of calls are most common in areas with large Haitian populations, and Central Florida isn't immune.

In 2008, Deltona City Commissioner Zenaida Denizac found what appeared to be a Voodoo doll with her face on it stuck with pins and placed in her front yard, the Orlando Sentinel reported.